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DL Open Thread Saturday, June 4, 2022
Alex Pareene asks the salient question, “What do cops do?” He answers it, too — they do what’s easy, avoid what’s hard and slack off a lot, just like people in every other job. The difference is they’re not fired for it. In further proof that “Republican” is now synonymous for “shithead and proud of […]
Boomer-Wan Kenobi
Even though I practically am one (born early in 1965), I’ve got nothing but contempt for the “Baby Boom” generation (people born between 1946 and 1964). They wrecked the vibrant and inclusive post war economy by repeatedly cutting their own taxes, and driving a stake into the heart of American manufacturing. They cavalierly gave us […]
Song of the Day 6/3: Bobby Gentry, “Ode to Billy Joe”
On this date in fictional history, Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge, triggering one of pop music’s greatest mysteries: What did the narrator and Billie Joe throw off the bridge? The question gripped America in the summer of 1967, when Gentry’s debut record knocked the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” out of […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, June 3, 2022
General Assembly Tries ‘Do-Over’ On Gun Bills. You know, after the Kop Kabal destroyed the assault weapons bill and buried the background check bill in committee. Someone even woke up John Carney, who had been characteristically AWOL on the issue, to make a statement. Or maybe they just wrote it and sent it out, figuring […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Drink Coffee. Don’t Die. My kind of scientific study: That morning cup of coffee may be linked to a lower risk of dying, researchers from a study published Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine concluded. Those who drank 1.5 to 3.5 cups of coffee per day, even with a teaspoon of sugar, were up […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday June 1 2022
I’m cooked. These days I cannot even skim the news, let alone come up with some kind of trenchant comment on it. That’s why it is almost 2:30 and I’m just getting to this. To be honest, if it wasn’t for providing a home for El Som’s coverage of Leg Hall, I’d have folded up […]
Song of the Day 6/1: Kate Bush, “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”
Digitalized music has played havoc with the old-fashioned record charts compiled by the likes of Billboard magazine. Songs released decades ago keep popping up near the top, their spikes in popularity cued by their use in popular movies and TV shows. The latest overnight sensation, Kate Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill,” was used […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May, 2022
Another great month, full of diversity. And some true tours de force. I’m sure you’ll find plenty to enjoy: The artist is Jett Kwong: My first take: He could be the artist I hoped Mac Demarco would become: ‘I’m making all my rules up.’ Nathan Arizona’s fave of the month?: I briefly worried that Bartees […]
Song of the Day 5/31: Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen”
With England set to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70 years on the throne, it seemed like the perfect time to release a TV series about the Sex Pistols’ constantly controversial 2½-year existence, and the tumultuous times the band both caused and reflected — particularly because reactionary governments and social movements again seem […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday May 31 2022
All of these murdered children are so rude! Always politicizing things that are inherently political. Also:
– American Cities Are Rethinking Traffic Stops. Why not rethink racist policing?
– Is White Christian Nationalist minority rule locked in? Yup, as long as we have a Senate and Electoral College, and
– A milestone for Coons’ super secret bipartisan caucus
Is this really the freedom they died for?
Memorial Day FB post by a friend gets to the heart of it. I know that today we’re supposed to remember those who died serving our country. But I feel that many of those people would be appalled at what our country is turning (has turned?) into. They would be appalled to know that the […]
Song of the Day 5/30: João Gilberto, “Chega de Saudade”
Guest post by Nathan Arizona The warm weather always gets me thinking about the beaches of Ipanema. I’ve never been to Rio, but every spring and summer I get transported to Brazil when I break out the bossa nova. The mellow blend of samba and American cool jazz is perfect for kicking back with a […]
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